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Omaha daily bee., 1887-04-05

Now that pooling has been abolished
Pool Commissioner Vining will be able
to take vacation, and devote himself
more exclusively to the cultivation of
Chinese and oanscrit literature and pea
&c
Omaha daily bee., 1887-04-05

EMPEROR WILLIAM has planted chest
nut tree in his palace garden, and judg-
ing from the remarks evoked by Viii.
liam's action, the yield is large.
Omaha daily bee., 1887-04-05
Brandy as n Preservcr.

VNTCWVU TIWtNs
The czar is said to be drinking deeper po-
tations of brandy than ever before. Brandy
is good fruit preservative, but 1t will hardly
preserve the car against the plots of the
dxnanifers.
Omaha daily bee., 1887-04-05
Importance

FoR long time inventors have been
busy with devices for burning crude Pc
troleum instead Of GOAL for fuel. Water
works In various cities have been run in
Omaha daily bee., 1887-04-05

WHILE in st. Louis MIR. Blaine never
mentioned politics. His face, however,
wore suggestive expression.
Omaha daily bee., 1887-04-05
THE DAILY BEE.

day Of April A. d., 1887.
N. p. FELL.
ISEALl Notary Public.
Geo. b. rzschuck. being first duly sworn,
deposes and says that he Is secretary of The
Bee Publishing company, that the actual av-
craze daily circulation Of the Daily Bee for
April 1886, 12, 191 copies: for for May, 1886, r.
$50 copies; for June, 1876. l2,29s copies; for
July, 1885, 1894 copies; for August, 1856.
124G copies; for September. 1885, B03O
copies; for October Oct , lssS. iS,9Ss copies; ior
1886, 13 237 copes for January, 1887. l6, ,266
copies; for February. 1887, 4,19S copies.
0Eo. b. 1ZsCHUCK.
subscribed and sworn to before me this 9th
day of March, A. ID. 1887.
SEAL N. p. FELL. Notary Public.
Omaha daily bee., 1887-04-05

Who wouldn't be arailroad pool COM
missioner now? With nothing to do, is
very soft job.
Omaha daily bee., 1887-04-05
A Dead Fashion RevivinR.

London Life: At more than one first
night lately powdered coiffures have
made their appearance in tho stalls of
the Wcstend theatres, and, as every thing
must have beginning, it is just possl.
BILE that this phenomenon may pretend q
general return to the fashion of using
hair powder so prevalent in the last CEN
tury. Women nearing forty are, it must
be confessed, under strong temptation
to powder their hair as a means of dis.
guising the ravages of time, and even
younger faces are sometimes seen to ad-
vantage under powdered cOiffure. Con-
sidering the caprices of fashion there
would, therefore, be nothing astonishing
in the revival of the fantastic headgear
of Madame Pompadour and her coDtem-
porarieS. 1t is for men to set their faces
against any fashionable folly of this
kind, for, all theories to the contrary
notwithstanding, it is certain that
women, whatever they may say. are
largely influenced by a desire to please
the opposite sex. Hair powder, TO my
mind would, be a mOnstrosity in these
days, when simplicity of attire is. or
ought to be, the standard of good taste.
For not only is the use of hair powdered
in itself sham, and therefore, objection
able, but it entails the use of hair oil or
some other abomination of the kind, to
prevent the powder flying about like
dust. In the last century it was custom
ary for ladies to wear, not powder pure
and simple, but species OF OlcaginOus
-four" or paste, which reduced the hair
to truly filthy condition. One may we'll
be alarmed at a prospect of the revival
of such a fashion.
Omaha daily bee., 1887-04-05
The Proportion of. National Taxation.

The Proportion ofNationaI Taxation.
Engineering News: Figures compiled
by Mr.. Edward Atkinson indicate that
the debt of the United States is only 73
cents per acre, while the average of Eng
land, France and Germany is
$3O.06 per cent. In all Europe
the proportion of men in the
standing armies and navies mot includ.
ing reservcs,) is one to sixteen. In the
United States it is TO 32s. The people
OF the United States produce the equiva.
lent Of 5000 per annum for each man,
woman and child, England, $l75;
France, $l20, and Germany, 800. IL
thase figures are correct the proportion
Of national product is 81 per cent in the
un.ted States. GA per cent in England;
IS Ger cent in France and 10 per cent IN
Germany. Italy, who'e product Is $50
per capita, pays l4l per cent for taxes.
Her military and naval force Is second
only to that OF Russia, or 7G5, $40 men.
Denver has created the ol1ice Of street
sprinkling superintendent.
Omaha daily bee., 1887-04-05

. Denver has created the Office Of street
sprinkling superintendent.
The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1887-01-14

yes, and for d dearer life that his own.
That very night again the eagle fell.
For the second time it was put up
and mortared and cemented into its
place. Bertha is sheerly dying OF SUI
perstition--dying of an old woman's
tale" thought Ludwig, exasperated;
s'and yetIcannot explain,this evil thing
away. If the poor child dies it will
not have been foretold, it will have
been caused by the fall of that picture
in the tapestried room and this eagle
yer the gate"
The so-called Fritz Hartmann was
leaving the village; he was taking Mar
tina and their child across the ocean
to make an migrants home in the
far West. He had refused q goodly
sum of money from the castle. He
would have all or none. He was to go
tomorrow, but it was a tomorrow
that never came.
"The eagle Is down again." whispered
the kelner to his master, land the ivy
is all broken and tore from the wall
and there is a man lying dead"
Ludwig hurried aero IS the courtyard,
and found Hartmann dead on his face
with an ivy tangle beside him and the
broken eagle.
Only then the kelner remembered
that each time the omen had come il
had shown itself after the visit oil
Hartmann with his carving. AS foi
thefall of the antlers and tne accidental
death of the boy-that no doubt sug
gested to Hartmann an easy method
of cleaning the old baron out of the
way; for certainly when the mirror
fell and the portrait, Hartmann: the
carver, had found an opportunity to
help the nails out ofthe wall and leave
them loose. Ii the young bride had
died OF superstition and fear there
would have been no heir but the man
who had tried by legal means, and
lost his chance.
The lady of the castle bloomed into
health; she comtorted the peasant
widow, and sent little Gretchen a mar
riage portion in time to come. But
the evil omen of the Schwartzbera
never happened again; and the folks
OF the Golden Dragon" refused the
explanation, as credulous folks always
do.
"The outcast died by the omen it,
self at the castle gate" they said
''The stone eagle killed him."
1.-THE wound was made by a fall,
said the surgeon positively.
And yet at the Golden Dragon,
the tale was told for many q year as
the ittest and most creepy" instance
of the Schwartzberg omen. For j
men will enjoy a shudder, they won't
have an explanation.-CasselP Maya
zine.
The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1887-01-14
Closely Shaved by BulIcts.

Atlanta, Ca. Constitution: M. Hard
Giddens OF Berrien county went into
the army at the commencement of the
war and fought through till it's close.
In the battle OF Chickamauga his cloth
ing was torn in twenty-seven places
by bullets, only two of which touched
his flesh, cutting the skin on the left
hip and grazing the little finger on the
left hand. One bullet cut his shoe
s~tringintwo, another bursted his can
teen, one cut his cartridge belt in two.
One ore the leaf ofhis cap of and one
shot the breech OF his gun in two while
shooting. His regiment, the Twenty
ninth Georgia, went into the fight with
about seven hundred men and came
out with about twenty-seven. His
company. company X, were all killed,
wounded and captured except one,
and his clothing was riddled with bull
let's. Mr.. Giddens is now aboutforty-
six years old. is hale and hearty, and
is one of Berrien's solid farmers.
The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1887-01-14
TO Marry.

A dispatch from Lynchburg, Va,
says the following particulars of q
most extraordinary occurrence have
been received in that city:
Ayoung girl named Taylor, fifteen
years of age, living near Grayson
sulphur springs, Grayson county, was
engaged to marry an Englishman
named Rudd. The time was fixed for
the marriage and all it's preparations
made, when the girl changed her mind
and refused to marry him. The Eng
lishman applied to Squire Alley and
Frost for a warrant to arrest the girl.
They issued it, and the girl was
brought before them to answer the
charges preferred, whatever they were.
She refused to comply, but the justices
insisted that she must keep her
promise or 60 to prison. The fright
ened girl finally consented and the
ceremony was quickly performed.
There is no doubt whatever of the
correctness of the above statement,
and intense excitement now exists in
the neighborhood since the facts leak
ed out.
The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1887-01-14
A Pertinent Inquiry,

From the Boston Record.
Grace and Teddy had a grand fight
a few evenings ago. Grace took Ted's
canton flannel elephant away from
him and wouldn't give it back. Ted
ran at his sister like a tow-headed
fury, and Grace gave him a sounding
slap on the face. Ted's cries brought
their mother to the scene of action,
and she carried him off to bed, leav-
ing the aggressor Grace in possession
of the field. Ted explained matters to
the ear OF maternal sympathy as he
was being put to bed.
"Well, Grace was naughty" said the
mother, as she put on Ted's night
gown. 'Ill have to talk to her about
it. But you must forgive her Teddy.
And you must pray for her, too" she
added, as Ted bumped down on his
knees in his usual devotional attitude.
"Just let rue go down and give her
one good slap first like she gave me-"
said Ted wrathfully.
"Oh, no, darling; go on with your
prayers" said the mother softly,
smoothing his hair with her hand.
1.-THE Bible says we must pray for
those who despitefully use u.s.
Mamma" asked Ted, earnestly
lifting his face, Mamma did you ever
try it?"
The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1887-01-14

Story Of a California Bohemian
The Dramatic Times relates the fol
lowing story Of a Bohemian who
f1ourished in California during the var
and subsequently for q short time UNI
til he dropped out of sight:
During the war;, when the first Cali
fornia cavalry was organized at Sac
ramento, John G. Ceremony obtained
the commission of O captain and com
manded battery b. He had for lieu
tenant q young Frenchman, named
Duchetel, who had the most unabiding
faith in the obligations Of q subordi-
nate officer to on all occasions sup
port his superior. Ceremony early
found this out, and in this connection
a good story used to be told around
the club. 1t appears that Ceremony
gradually got into the habit of telling
the most outrageous kind of yarns,
relating to his services In the
French army, and calling on Duchetel
to corroborate them, which the latter
would always do. Duchetel had
really been an officer in the chasseurs
d'Afrians, IN which regiment Ceremony
also claimed to have served. When the
command was III camp on the ella
river, one evening, Col. Crsmony was
telling a wonderful story &C how on
one occasion in Africa he had, with
nothing but a naked sabre, slain two
royal Nubian lions. While he was
telling the tale his lieutenant, who
was extremely full of commissary
rum, came TO the tent and leaned
against the pole.
II am glad, lieutenant" exclaimed
Crenony, "that you have arrived. /
was just telling these gentlemen of my
wonderful encounter with the Nubian
lions. OF course you recollect that
time, lieutenant, when / killed two OF
them with nothing but my sabre?" A
long interval of silence followed, and
then Duchetel, gathering himself to-
gether with drunken gravity, respond
ed: "Cap'n Ceremony, ii we as me as
Lieut.. Duchetel, company B, first Cal
itornia cavalry, if / remember your m
counter with Nubian, lions, I'll say. I
do. Ask me as one shentleman TO moth
er, say it's a d-dlie." 1t was aIlmu-
tual friends could do to prevent a
duel.
The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1887-01-14
About Bob Ingersoll.

Few of those who have been charm
ed by a perusal of that didactic idyle
"Ben Hur." would imagine chat the
book owes it's origin, in a great
measure, to the arch infdel, Bob In
gersoIl-so, at least, the author, Gen
eral Lew Wallace, says, and his story
is as follows:
Some years ago he composed, as o
sort of fragmentary effort, the descrip
ton of the meeting of the three "wlss
men of the east that SO beautifully
forms the opening chapter of "Ben
Hur," and which he then intended
to be complete in itself. Some time
after, as he was travelling in the west,
he, one day when feeling exceptionally
depressed and low spirited, heard that
Bob Ingersoll, whom he know, was ip
another part of the same train, and
thinking that a chat with him might
chase away his bad spirits, be sent
him an invitation to join him in the
state-room of the car be was occupy.
ing. Bob came along. and greeting
Wallace cheerfully, asked what allied
him.
III don't know" said the General,
''but i feel as if / wanted somebody to
talk to me. Somebody that / won't
have to talk back at"
"Oh, that's easy enough" said In.
g~ersoll. What shall we talk aboutg"
Wallace thought for a moment and
then asked us there a God?"
Ingersoll looked at him quizically
for an instant. and then with a cyni-
cal smile, answered: III don't know;
do your"
HAS man a soul?" was the next
question, and the answer 81 don't
know; do your"
us there q heaven?" ~ don't know;
do your"
as there a hell?" 81 don't know;
do your" .
"Well, then,n said Wallace, there's
your ~subject-go ahead" and for an
hour and a half Ingers0ll kept up a
fire of those brilliant sophistries,
adorned with all the flashes of his
ready wit and picturesque fancy that
AidAC LIE ASPhSoSADh hSS
alive and repulsive tone Of his con.
versation had such an effect on Wal
lace that when he left the train at the
end Of his journey, in place OF getting
rid of the blues he felt fifty times more
depressed and low spirited, and he
wandered about thinking of the ques
tions he had propounded to Ingersoll
He knew he did not agree with the
infidel, and yet, he said to himself.
these arr great and important ques
tions, worthy ofthe study and thought
Of any man who thinks for himself
This man has fixed convictions on tn.
negative side of the controversy, but /
have never made up my mind about
them. ] must therefore investigat,
the subject. He went immediately te
| work to study out the history of Chris
tianity, and the result was to take VI
his old sketch OF the Three Wis.,
Men," and add to it what has mad,
one OF the most popular books OF re
cent years. "Ben Hur, a tale of tn
Christ"
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1887-04-06
Not Alone.

We do not labor alone. However
feeble our hands, that mighty Hand is
laid on them, to direct their movements
and to lend strength to their weakness.
1t is not our speech which will secure
results, but His presence with our words
which shall bring it about, that even
through them Il great number shall be
licvc and turn TO the Lord. There is
IL encouragement when we are
respondent. There is our rcbuko when
We are self. confident. There is our
stimulus when w are indolcnt. There
is our quietncss when we are impatient.
If ever we are tempted to think our task
heavy, let us not forget that He who set
it Helps us to do it, and from His throne
shares in all our tolls, the Lord still, as
of old, working with us. If ever we
feel that our strength is nothing, and
that we stand solitary against many foes,
let Us fall back upon the pcacc-gi>ing
thought that one man against the world,
with Christ to help him, is always in the
majority; and let us leave issues of orr
work in His hands, whose hands will
guard the seed sown in weakness, whose
smile will bless the springiug thereof.
A. Maclarcn, ID.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1887-04-06

Veal Pate.

Cut out the bone, and trim off all the
fat and gristle which are put aside for
the Jelly. The lean part Of the veal
must then be chopped very fine, and
any small particles of fat which may
still remain in it removed. Add 10 the
chopped veal, six soda crackers rolled
very line, half a teaspoonful of salt. a
little pepper, one heaping tablespoonful
of butter, and two well beaten eggs.
Mix all well together, and press tightly
into 4 square, or round tin to form il,
then slip q knife round the edge to
loosen it, and urn it from the form,
place it in y shallow baking pan, glaze
it with egg, sprinkle over it one finely
rolled cracker, and q tablespoonful Of
butter cut in small pieces. Pourfn the
pan one pint and n half of water, which
serves rs u gravy to basic it with while
it is baking, and this should be done
about every twenty minutes. Two hours
will bake it in Il moderate oven. 1t is
then carefully removed from the pan by
slipping n knife beneath it to loosen
every part that it may not be broken,
and placed on Il plate 10 cool.
Tho Jelly is made rs follows: The
bones, fat, and trimmings OF tho veal
are put in u saucepan with n quart of
cold water, 4 little salt and the shells of
| the eggs which have been used for the
pate. Let all boil slowly together,
while the pate is cooking, two hours, or
until reduced TO ono pint. Strain it and
let it stand to cool, then skim Oft the fat
which rises. Pour it again in tho sauce
pan, place it on the fire, and add half n
box Of Cox's gclatinc, stirring until it
is thoroughly dissolved. Have ready 4
little burnt sugar which is made by put
ting in a small tin, one tcnspoonful OF
fine sugar, and one of wa,er. Let it
boil very quickly until it becomes dark
brown color, then strain, and let il
stand to cool. Place the pate in an
carthcn dish, or mould, either round, or
square as tho shape Of the pate may he,
and tho mould should be half an inch
larger all round than the pate. Pour
the Jelly in, place it on the ice, and
when sliilcncd, it will have formed all
round the pate. When turning it from
the mould dip il as is done with Il form
! OF Jelly, in hot water for 4 moment only,
and turn il out on the dish on which il
is TO lie served. When crosses arc in
season garnish with them, or parsley
will answer 1T other times. 1t is also
pretty with Il few slices of lemons scat
tered through the parsley. The pate is
to he cut in thin slices when serving ii.
". H. Hhitcmorc, ~ Good House
| atCDiHg,
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PANTHER HUNTING.
DANGEROUS SPORTS IN THE WEST.
Bruce weston's Thrilling Experience in
Attempting to Capture II Cub
Alive.

-
Bruce Weston, an old time Arkansas
hunter, followed his dogs once on II
panthcr's trail, and came up with them
where they had freed the game in n big
oak tree. The foliage was 50 thick and
the shadows so deep in the timber that
it was some time before Weston diScov-
cred the panther. 1t lay between two
branches forty feet from the ground,
and chung SO closely to the houghS that
mono but the practiccd eye of the hunter
would have detected its presence. Yves
ton at once recognized in the Crouching
figure Il panthcr's cub, and was on the
roint Of Scndiu" a rifle ball through it's
body when he remembered an offer of
twenty dollars that some one i'll the
settlement had made for n live panther.
aud he resolved to capture this one and
secure the twenty dollars. Taking his
laSsu from his pony's saddle, and, with
his long knife in his belt FOR use III an
emergency, he climbed the tree. lie
reached the lower branches of the tree,
and, swinging himself from bough TO
hough. stood Just below the cub, which
had raised To its feet and stood with
arChcd back looking down at the hunter.
Weston removed his lasSO from his shout
der. and was about To toss ii easily over
tho young panlhCr'S head. when, as ~"
raised his ewes. he saw. crOuchlilS III the
dead branches of Il tree which grew near
The oak-SO near that the limbs were m
tcrlacCd - an enormous pohthcr' inc
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1887-04-06

The servant girl problem is a 1--we
question in most communities, but n
Detroit man who took the question into
court took novel evidence with him.
Having employed a rather pretty young
lady rs houSckccpcr, he refused to pay
her WAGES when She gave notice that
She would leave at the end of the first
week. She sued for the amount, and
he ;ooE biz furniture, a dirty window, a
piece OF his Moor, and some gummy
dishes before the court rs evidence that
She had not properly attended to her
duties. The justice. however, was won
by tho young woman's graccs and
awarded her The amount claimed and
defendant to pay costs.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1887-04-06

1t fell in the midst Of the dogs below Just
as its mother spramg ON The branch above
the hunters head. The sight Of her cub
being torn by the dogs, and the cries it
gave, turned her attention entirely from
Weston, and, with a blood-curdling cry,
she lcapcd from the high perch in the
tree and alighted on the dogs. Weston
lost no time in getting to the ground
and selling his rifle. Although but a few
seconds were occupied in doing this, al.
five of his dogs were stretched dead ON
the ground. torn to pieces by the infuri.
cd panther in defense Of her yonng, be.
fore Weston could free shot The old
panther was licking the wounds Of her
dead cub and moaning over the body as
the hunter sent a rife bail into her heart.
That was W%cSton's last attempt to cap.
ture a panther alive, and it was days be
fore his nervous system recovered from
the effects of that hunt,-N y. SIM.
go r.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1887-04-06
Total 'ooao

lotn .... 30 njD
The authorized capital is 5000 goo
divided into 10000 shares al, fluu puy
value. Business was commenced with
1900, coo on March }. 1887, and is 10 ter
inmate March }, 1873; nifty years.
The places of business are TO bc erected
al: Jersey City, llohohcn, Hudson county.
\. j., Camden, y. j.. Philadelphia ~
NicadquartcrS,) Chicago. H., Kansas CITY
Mo, Norfolk, Va, Wilmington, y. C.,
Charleston, 5. c., Savannah and Atlanta.
Ga, Montgomery and Mobile, Ma. NcW
Orleans, La, Memphis, Tenn, Little Rock,
Ark, Dallas and Houston, TcNus, Ncrid
ian, Miss, and such other places as the
company shall determine upon.
The character Of the business i, the man
uincturc of cotton seed oil and all The
products of cotton seed They have power
to issue bonds and mortgage thcir propr-
tics for the purpose of raising money. I'm
interested party and one near the President
satcd that the capital is to he s 1000, 600. ~
-ChWIOUC ChIOHickc.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1887-04-06
Finding Fault WIN The minister.

Mr.. Spurgcon puts in,o the mouth OF
John PIoughman' the following home
~ bit of wisdom, which we commend to
any reader that may have mas fled his
pastors impcrfcctions: 81 never know
Il good horse that had not some odd
habit or other, and never saw n minister
worth his salt who had not some crotchct
or Oddly. Now these arc bits of cheese
that cayillers smell out and mibbIo at;
the first is too ilowcry and the second
is too dull. Dear me, if all Gods Crca-
lures were judged in this way we should
wiring the doves neck for being too
tame, shoot the robins for eating spiders,
kill the crows for swinging their tails,
and the hens for not giving us milk.
When a man wants to beat Il dog, lie can
soon find q stick, and at any rate any
fool may have something to say against
the best minister in England"
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1887-04-06

Eyes; ] shall break the engagement SHE
said, folding her arms and looking defiant,
at is really too much trouble lp converse
with him, he's as hopf rs "a post, and talks
like he had a moulliui uf mrIsh. Besides.
the way he hawks and spit, is disgusting,
Don't break the engagement iOr that; ell
him to take DR.. SagGs Catarrh Remedy.
1t will cure him completely" wei, III
tcll him. | do hate to break it oil, 10y In
other respects he's quite too Charming. OF
course, il cured his calarrh.